SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE NEWSLETTER
Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.
5
#000000
#FFFFFF
5
#000000
#FFFFFF
Supporters hold Bernie placards as Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a Get Out to Caucus Rally at Springs Preserve Amphitheater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 21, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
Amid Establishment Onslaught, New Sanders Ad Declares: 'There Are More of Us. We Are Stronger. We Will Wait No Longer'
Ahead of South Carolina debate, new ad features uplifting speech of unity by campaign surrogate and rapper "Killer Mike" about shared burdens and hopes of the 99%.
Feb 24, 2020
While the Democratic Party establishment and the corporate media are in the midst of an "all-out" effort to stop the momentum of Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of upcoming 2020 primary voting in South Carolina on Saturday and Super Tuesday next week, the Sanders campaign on Tuesday released a new ad focused on a message of unity; the need for racial, gender, and economic justice; and why increasing numbers of people in the United States are done being told to wait for progressive change to be realized.
The new ad--titled "The Time Is Now"--features a portion of a speech by national campaign surrogate Michael "Killer Mike" Render delivered last September at Bennett College, an HBCU in North Carolina, during a campaign tour through both Carolinas. Last month, a video of the speech posted online went viral and has so far received over 3.5 million views.
"Say: the time is now," Render tells the crowd. "Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
Watch:
In the speech, Render tells the crowd:
One of my favorite writers growing up was a man named James Baldwin.
And I remember Baldwin saying, "You asked my father to wait, my brother to wait, my uncle to wait. How long must I wait on freedom? How long must I wait on rights and equality and Liberty?"
And as a black child, that resonated with me because I knew I had been denied, my father had been denied, my grandfather had been denied and I personalized that.
But as I grew, I started to understand poor white people who have been denied, women have been denied, gays and lesbian, transgender people been denied. Immigrant children have been denied.
Everybody, outside of that one percent, has been denied.
So I want you to take a few seconds to, like they do in the black church, look to your left and look to your right.
Say: the time is now. Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now.
There are more of us. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
We will not wait four more years.
We will not wait three more presidents.
This is the President, the next president of the United States of America.
The time is now.
The message of the speech and the ad itself received praise online.
"I have chills," said one Bernie supporter on Twitter.
"Can we just play this on every television in Super Tuesday states please," said another in response.
An Urgent Message From Our Co-Founder
Dear Common Dreams reader, The U.S. is on a fast track to authoritarianism like nothing I've ever seen. Meanwhile, corporate news outlets are utterly capitulating to Trump, twisting their coverage to avoid drawing his ire while lining up to stuff cash in his pockets. That's why I believe that Common Dreams is doing the best and most consequential reporting that we've ever done. Our small but mighty team is a progressive reporting powerhouse, covering the news every day that the corporate media never will. Our mission has always been simple: To inform. To inspire. And to ignite change for the common good. Now here's the key piece that I want all our readers to understand: None of this would be possible without your financial support. That's not just some fundraising cliche. It's the absolute and literal truth. We don't accept corporate advertising and never will. We don't have a paywall because we don't think people should be blocked from critical news based on their ability to pay. Everything we do is funded by the donations of readers like you. Will you donate now to help power the nonprofit, independent reporting of Common Dreams? Thank you for being a vital member of our community. Together, we can keep independent journalism alive when it’s needed most. - Craig Brown, Co-founder |
Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.
While the Democratic Party establishment and the corporate media are in the midst of an "all-out" effort to stop the momentum of Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of upcoming 2020 primary voting in South Carolina on Saturday and Super Tuesday next week, the Sanders campaign on Tuesday released a new ad focused on a message of unity; the need for racial, gender, and economic justice; and why increasing numbers of people in the United States are done being told to wait for progressive change to be realized.
The new ad--titled "The Time Is Now"--features a portion of a speech by national campaign surrogate Michael "Killer Mike" Render delivered last September at Bennett College, an HBCU in North Carolina, during a campaign tour through both Carolinas. Last month, a video of the speech posted online went viral and has so far received over 3.5 million views.
"Say: the time is now," Render tells the crowd. "Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
Watch:
In the speech, Render tells the crowd:
One of my favorite writers growing up was a man named James Baldwin.
And I remember Baldwin saying, "You asked my father to wait, my brother to wait, my uncle to wait. How long must I wait on freedom? How long must I wait on rights and equality and Liberty?"
And as a black child, that resonated with me because I knew I had been denied, my father had been denied, my grandfather had been denied and I personalized that.
But as I grew, I started to understand poor white people who have been denied, women have been denied, gays and lesbian, transgender people been denied. Immigrant children have been denied.
Everybody, outside of that one percent, has been denied.
So I want you to take a few seconds to, like they do in the black church, look to your left and look to your right.
Say: the time is now. Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now.
There are more of us. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
We will not wait four more years.
We will not wait three more presidents.
This is the President, the next president of the United States of America.
The time is now.
The message of the speech and the ad itself received praise online.
"I have chills," said one Bernie supporter on Twitter.
"Can we just play this on every television in Super Tuesday states please," said another in response.
While the Democratic Party establishment and the corporate media are in the midst of an "all-out" effort to stop the momentum of Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of upcoming 2020 primary voting in South Carolina on Saturday and Super Tuesday next week, the Sanders campaign on Tuesday released a new ad focused on a message of unity; the need for racial, gender, and economic justice; and why increasing numbers of people in the United States are done being told to wait for progressive change to be realized.
The new ad--titled "The Time Is Now"--features a portion of a speech by national campaign surrogate Michael "Killer Mike" Render delivered last September at Bennett College, an HBCU in North Carolina, during a campaign tour through both Carolinas. Last month, a video of the speech posted online went viral and has so far received over 3.5 million views.
"Say: the time is now," Render tells the crowd. "Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
Watch:
In the speech, Render tells the crowd:
One of my favorite writers growing up was a man named James Baldwin.
And I remember Baldwin saying, "You asked my father to wait, my brother to wait, my uncle to wait. How long must I wait on freedom? How long must I wait on rights and equality and Liberty?"
And as a black child, that resonated with me because I knew I had been denied, my father had been denied, my grandfather had been denied and I personalized that.
But as I grew, I started to understand poor white people who have been denied, women have been denied, gays and lesbian, transgender people been denied. Immigrant children have been denied.
Everybody, outside of that one percent, has been denied.
So I want you to take a few seconds to, like they do in the black church, look to your left and look to your right.
Say: the time is now. Look to your neighbor and say: neighbor, the time is now.
There are more of us. There are more of us. We are stronger. We will wait no longer.
We will not wait four more years.
We will not wait three more presidents.
This is the President, the next president of the United States of America.
The time is now.
The message of the speech and the ad itself received praise online.
"I have chills," said one Bernie supporter on Twitter.
"Can we just play this on every television in Super Tuesday states please," said another in response.
We've had enough. The 1% own and operate the corporate media. They are doing everything they can to defend the status quo, squash dissent and protect the wealthy and the powerful. The Common Dreams media model is different. We cover the news that matters to the 99%. Our mission? To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. How? Nonprofit. Independent. Reader-supported. Free to read. Free to republish. Free to share. With no advertising. No paywalls. No selling of your data. Thousands of small donations fund our newsroom and allow us to continue publishing. Can you chip in? We can't do it without you. Thank you.